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Re: French aircraft evacuated to UK
According to my notes on Tangmere (buried away somewhere!) I was told by an ex-145 Squadron fitter, who was generally pretty reliable, that there were "dozens" of French aircraft that arrived at Tangmere mid-June and he recalls problems with re-fuelling them for onward flight, although there is nothing in the Tangmere ORB about it. In fact, there is no entry at all for the 18 June - just "17 June 601 Sqn arrived from Middle Wallop" and then "20 June 238 Sqn proceeded to Middle Wallop"...and thats it! Not even a single entry for 18th or 19th June. Oddly, though, it records "10 Potez aircraft arrived from France" on 11 March 1940, but this was before 145 were at Tangmere - so he cannot be getting muddled with that event.
Andy
Andy
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